New Bern Obituary Index

The New Bern Obituary Index helps users find obituaries or death notices located in the newspapers of New Bern. The dates given in the index are the dates of the obituary or death notice, not the actual dates of death.

The Obituary Index includes obituaries and death notices from 1751 through the current year.

Also included are several obituary "hoaxes" or death notices of people who were actually still living. Two such cases are the "obituaries" of Jimmie Lillian Roll in 1968 and John Koonce in 1888. For the trivia buff, the shortest name in our database is Ben, a slave, whose death was reported on April 25 and 26, 1848. The longest name in our database is Byron Hiram Ariom Long Myram William John Adrian Livingston Corbett, whose death is reported in the Tribune of August 17, 1935.

Copies of the obituaries or death notices listed in the index can be obtained by sending a check or money order for $2.00 for each notice to:

Kellenberger Room
New Bern-Craven County Public Library
400 Johnson Street
New Bern, NC 28560

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Order by: ID A-Z ID Z-A Published A-Z Published Z-A Last Name A-Z Last Name Z-A First Name A-Z First Name Z-A Middle/Maiden Name A-Z Middle/Maiden Name Z-A Year Min-Max Year Max-Min

Last Name	First Name	Middle/Maiden Name	Year	Search	Clear

Records Found: 186286

Last Name	First Name	Middle/Maiden Name	Month	Day	Year	Newspaper	Page	Column	URL
Ward	Manuel		7	9	1956	SJ	1	6	newspapers#sj
Ward	William	E.	6	28	1888	NBWJ	2	8	newspapers#nbwj
Ward	Martin	Lee	7	10	1956	SJ	1	6	newspapers#sj
Ward	Koneisha		11	10	2011	SJ	6	--	newspapers#sj
Ward			10	17	1829	Sentinel	3	1	newspapers#cc
Ward	William	E.	7	5	1888	NBWJ	3	3	newspapers#nbwj
Ward	William		11	29	1912	NBWJ	1	4	newspapers#nbwj
Ward	Joelle	(Mrs. Donald)	9	9	2017	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Abbie		2	22	1995	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	William	H.	7	10	1890	NBWJ	3	5	newspapers#nbwj
Ward	Betsy	(Mrs. William)	11	29	1912	NBWJ	1	4	newspapers#nbwj
Ward	Addie		1	14	1997	SJ	A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	William	Vance	8	19	1989	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Ward		[son of J.H. Ward]	3	22	1889	NBDJ	1	4	newspapers#nbdj
Ward	Aileen	Latham (Mrs. Hallett S.)	1	7	1928	MNB	2	2	newspapers#mnb
Ward	William	Vance	8	21	1989	SJ	A3	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Virginia	E.	7	13	1900	NBWJ	3	1	newspapers#nbwj
Ward	Albert	Alphonzo	9	16	2000	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	William	West	5	18	2000	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Joseph	Lee	9	28	2008	SJ	D2	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Charlie	Vernel	10	19	2022	SJ	4A	--	newpapers#SJ
Ward	Albert	Alphonzo	9	17	2000	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	William	West	5	20	2000	SJ	--A4	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	Robert	Allen	3	15	2016	SJ	A2	--	newspapers#sj
Ward	A.	D. [d.4/1940]	8	21	1940	SJ	1	3	newspapers#sj